Ford Scholars Program

The Ford Scholars Program awards up to 120 renewable scholarships each year to promising students from Oregon (and Siskiyou County, California) who work hard, have significant financial need, and face barriers to higher education. The renewable award provides up to $40,000 per year, calculated from financial need and the cost of attendance at the student's college.

Applicants must be graduating high school seniors, recent graduates, or the equivalent who have never enrolled full time in college; plan to earn a bachelor's degree; enroll full time, on campus, in the fall at a federal-aid-eligible public or private nonprofit college in their home state; and have a completed financial aid application with a Student Aid Index of no more than 8,000. There is no minimum GPA. Applications open December 1 and close March 2.